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The symbol shows the location of the St Albans (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 4,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the St Albans (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the St Albans transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.

Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C57 (762.0MHz)127mDTG-22W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C53 (730.0MHz)127mDTG-22W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C60 (786.0MHz)127mDTG-22W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The St Albans (Hertfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the St Albans transmitter?

regional news image
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 30km south-southeast (148°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
regional news image
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 30km southeast (144°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

How will the St Albans (Hertfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1330 Mar 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TC/D E T
C49tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C53tv_offD3+4D3+4
C57tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C60tv_offBBCBBBCB
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C67C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 22W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc†
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. St Albans was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Saturday, 8 June 2013
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Alex Fuller
4:12 PM
St. Albans

Hello,

I seem to get a lot of interference for BBC 1 and BBC 2 and the others on the same channel and no interference on any other channel. I have searched the website but can't figure out why.
I'm on the St Albans transmitter.

Any advice would be great!
Thanks!

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Dave Lindsay
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4:25 PM

Alex Fuller: Have you checked that BBC One is tuned to UHF channel 57 and not 23 which is Crystal Palace?

If it is then interference from one of the other high-power transmitters on C57, maybe:

C57 (762.0MHz) after switchover | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

Perhaps Waltham or Oxford, maybe carrying due to lift conditions (owing to the weather).

The Digital UK prediction for St Albans at your location isn't great at all, but it is for Crystal Palace. Perhaps you can receive all channels from Crystal Palace. That said, I note there are quite a few tall buildings and trees in the area that may make reception from particular transmitters difficult.

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Monday, 13 October 2014
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Guy Murphy
2:21 PM

Following the recent retune of Freeview Digital channels we cannot access any of the HD channels (BBC1, BBC2, ITV1 etc). I have tried retuning all of the equipment (TV and digital recorder) but all to no avail.

Any suggestions please as to why these have "suddenly" disappeared and how I can restore them?

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Guy Murphy's 1 post EU flag
Sunday, 7 January 2018
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gtibb
11:43 AM

Advance warning (700Mhz Clearance):

The latest details for this relay is that, along with the Hemel Hempstead Town relay, this will become a single frequency network with Hemel Hempstead (Bedmond) from March 2018 utilising channels 41, 44 & 47. Anyone using legacy analogue aerials will require them changing to wideband to continue using the relay effectively. (Information from the latest Television Viewers Guide).

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Sunday, 4 February 2018
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gtibb
5:17 PM

700 Mhz Clearance.

Retune date 18th April 2018:

New channel allocation in brackets:

BBC A: 60 (41)
BBC B: 53 (47)
D 3+4 : 57 (44)

Aerial Group changes from C/D to B, although wideband aerials are recommended.

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gtibb
5:19 PM

700 Mhz Clearance.

Retune date 18th April 2018:

New channel allocation in brackets:

BBC A: 60 (41)
BBC B: 53 (47)
D 3+4 : 57 (44)

Info from Digital UK

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